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Yes. The word manche is a Scrabble US word. The word manche is worth 13 points in Scrabble:

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Yes. The word manche is a Scrabble UK word and has 13 points:

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6-letter words (1 found)

MANCHE,

5-letter words (5 found)

CANEH,HANCE,MACHE,MANEH,NACHE,

4-letter words (22 found)

ACHE,ACME,ACNE,AHEM,AMEN,ANCE,CAME,CANE,CHAM,CHEM,EACH,HAEM,HAEN,HAME,MACE,MACH,MANE,MEAN,MECH,NACH,NAME,NEMA,

3-letter words (24 found)

ACE,ACH,AME,ANE,CAM,CAN,CHA,CHE,EAN,ECH,HAE,HAM,HAN,HEM,HEN,MAC,MAE,MAN,MEH,MEN,MNA,NAE,NAH,NAM,

2-letter words (16 found)

AE,AH,AM,AN,CH,EA,EH,EM,EN,HA,HE,HM,MA,ME,NA,NE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 69 words from manche according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of manche

manche

Etymology

Borrowed from French manche. Doublet of maunch.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑːnt͡ʃ/
  • Rhymes: -ɑːntʃ

Noun

manche (plural manches)

  1. Obsolete form of maunch (a sleeve)
  2. (music, rare) The neck of a violin.

References

  • “manche”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

  • Machen

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mɑ̃ʃ/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle French manche, from Old French manche, from Latin manica, from manus (“hand”).

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

  1. sleeve (clothing)
  2. (sports) round
  3. (tennis) set
    Synonym: set
    la troisième manche ― the third set
  4. (snooker) frame
  5. (baseball) inning, (cricket) innings
Derived terms
  • autre paire de manches
  • effet de manche
  • manche à air
  • retrousser ses manches
Related terms
  • main

Etymology 2

Inherited from Middle French manche, from Old French manche, from Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).

Noun

manche m (plural manches)

  1. handle
  2. (informal) unhandy person
Derived terms
  • comme un manche
  • con comme un manche
  • jeter le manche après la cognée
  • manche à balai

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Italian mancia, itself borrowed from Old French manche.

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

  2. begging (for money)
Usage notes

Only found in faire la manche.

Further reading

  • “manche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

  • chanmé

Galician

Verb

manche

  1. inflection of manchar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

German

Pronunciation

Pronoun

manche

  1. inflection of manch:
    1. nominative/accusative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative plural

Italian

Etymology 1

See the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈman.ke/
  • Rhymes: -anke
  • Hyphenation: màn‧che

Adjective

manche f pl

  1. feminine plural of manco

Etymology 2

From French manche

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmanʃ/*
  • Rhymes: -anʃ

Noun

manche f (invariable)

  1. heat (sports)
  2. hand, round (of cards)

Noun

manche f pl

  1. plural of manca

Middle French

Etymology 1

From Old French manche, from Latin manica.

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

  1. sleeve

Etymology 2

From Old French manche.

Noun

manche m (plural manches)

  1. handle

Norman

Etymology

From Old French manche, from Latin manica, from manus (“hand”) (compare main).

Noun

manche f (plural manches)

  1. (Jersey) sleeve

Old French

Etymology 1

From Latin manica.

Alternative forms

  • maunche (chiefly Anglo-Norman)

Noun

manche oblique singular, f (oblique plural manches, nominative singular manche, nominative plural manches)

  1. sleeve
Descendants
  • Middle French: manche
    • French: manche
  • Walloon: mantche
  • → English: manche
  • → Italian: mancia
    • → English: mancia
    • → French: manche
  • → Middle English: maunche
    • English: maunch

Etymology 2

From Early Medieval Latin manicus, derived from Latin manus (“hand”).

Noun

manche oblique singular, m (oblique plural manches, nominative singular manches, nominative plural manche)

  1. handle
Descendants
  • Middle French: manche
    • French: manche

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: man‧che

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French manche.

Noun

manche m (plural manches)

  1. (aviation) yoke (column-mounted control wheel of an aircraft)

Etymology 2

Verb

manche

  1. inflection of manchar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Verb

manche

  1. inflection of manchar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

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